The politics of local participatory democracy in Latin America : institutions, actors, and interactions / Françoise Montambeault.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montambeault, Françoise, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local government--Mexico--Citizen participation--Case studies.

Local government.

Democracy--Mexico--Case studies.

Democracy.

Local government--Brazil--Citizen participation--Case studies.

Democracy--Brazil--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Participatory democracy innovations aimed at bringing citizens back into local governance processes are now at the core of the international democratic development agenda. Municipalities around the world have adopted local participatory mechanisms of various types in the last two decades, including participatory budgeting, the flagship Brazilian program, and participatory planning, as it is the case in several Mexican municipalities. Yet, institutionalized participatory mechanisms have had mixed results in practice at the municipal level. So why and how does success vary? This book sets out to answer that question.

Contents:

How does success vary? : redefining democratic success

Why do cases vary? : a comparative approach

Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl : participatory democracy or clientelistic participation?

León : participation as fragmented inclusion

Recife : from clientelism to disempowering cooption

Belo Horizonte : the route toward democratic cooperation?

Conclusion : comparative lessons for participatory democracy theory.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804796576

0804796572

OCLC:

932163645